
ABOUT ME

Hi! I'm MiLeyda,
I was born in Cuba in 1982. At the Age of 7 My father left the country looking for a better future for his family with the hope that the rest of us would meet him in the US soon. Like many other Cuban families, my parents got divorce in the process and shortly after he got remarried. Five years later my 19 year old sister and I got reunited with my Dad, Leaving our mother and an older sister behind. A couple of months after our arrival to this country, a baby brother was born on my Dad's side. My sister and I went thru some though times, I think every teenage girl needs her mother by her side at that age. For your first encounter with Mother Nature, For the first boy talk, to make important decision about school etc. .
At the age of 16 my sister and I moved in alone to our first place. Right there and then my journey as an adult started. We needed to make money to support ourselves and going to Collage was not an option for us. She was working at Office Depot and she became and the age of 23 the closes I had to a Mother. I got a job right out of high school working in the Florida International University as a cashier in the Food Court. My older sister which at this time was already in the US, got me this first Job. My Mom was still in Cuba.
My Sister and I became so independent that we learned to do almost anything in a home. We had no choice. We paint, we hang picture frames, we put furniture together, you name it, we did it. My sister change jobs looking for a better future, she was now a Store Manager at Sports Authority. I also change. I was married, owner of my own apartment and I was working at El Dorado Furniture as a cashier, nights and weekends. Shortly after my hard work paid off and I was transfer to the Corporate Office with a monday thru Friday, 9 to 5 job. That lasted 6 years since and opportunity arise and we moved to Cape Coral. In search for the American Dream, we sold the apartment and purchase a house there. I had to leave the Furniture store and I started working at Wells Fargo Bank.
Years later and 2 month after my 24th Birthday my mother finally came from Cuba. Who was this lady that I didn't recognize? She looked and spoke so different. I had forgotten the sound of her voice, her mom smell. I forgot what it felt like to be sick and only wanting your mother to be the one to take care of you. How do you pick up right where you left off when the last time you saw her you where a 12 year old girl with pig tales. My sisters and I had to re-meet our own mother. By this time my older sister had a life of her own, my other sister had already a 3 year old daughter and she was pregnant with her second baby. It was very hard for my mom as well, even though she got reunited with her daughters and she met her granddaughter she was an older lady in a foreign country who didn't drive or spoke the language that now depended on her children. It was hard for all of us. Very hard.
Three years after, at the age of 27, after two miscarriage I got pregnant. Morning sickness turned into all day sickness and all day sickness turned into months. I lost 30 pounds during my pregnancy do to the bad conditions I was in. I was hospitalize twice do to dehydration and on my seventh month I had a paralysis on the left side of my face called Bell's Palsy. My mouth moved to my cheek and my left eye wouldn't blink or close. It was one of the scariest moments of my life. On month 8th I gave birth to a beautiful and healthy baby girl that was named Isabella. My paralysis started getting better right after I gave birth but I only got better like 90%. I still have rastros on my face that even though they are not very visible at first site, they remind me of 8 months of tough times that also lead to the happiest and proudest moment of my life.
Then life thru me a curve ball again and after 14 years of a relationship and a steady life I got separated and I was alone with a 3 month baby on arms and I also lost my house. At this point I had nothing left in Cape Coral so I head back to Miami. This time I did what I know how to do best. Move forward and fight. I lived in different relative homes and when I was ready I went back to the place I knew best. I got rehired at El Dorado Furniture and my life started moving forward again. After 12 years Im still working there and at the age of 40 I found Love. Live its smiling back at me and I'm happier that I have ever been. I have the happiest and most beautiful 12 year old daughter. She have an entire Family that loves her and she's my rock.
Isabella just started middle school and now that my daughter is 12 years old I look back and think of my mother. This is the same age I had when I left Cuba, How do you send your 12 year old daughter with her Dad to an unknown country without having a date of when you will see her again? I don't think I will be able to and because of that, every day I appreciate what my mom did for me by letting me come to this country. I thank her for putting my needs in front of hers. Thanks to everything that I been thru is that I am the woman I am today. Strong and Fearless. I honestly think is all thanks to that.
Do to all of these experiences, I have my Beautiful Isabella. I created a special bond with my sisters. I love my baby brother who is now 26 years old. Both of my parents are alive and healthy and I have an amazing Man by my side that I Love. He has two amazing kids of his own and I love this new chapter of my life. Most people want a Do-Over so they can change their past, but if you were able to change your past, you will also be changing your future and when I look back at everything that I have been thru I realize that every moment and every mistake took me here and guess what.... I Love It here.
Meet the Family

My Sister Leyci

My Brother Anthony and Isabella

My Daughter Isabella, MyLove and I

My Niece Deanna, My Nephew Daniel
and My Mom

My Sister Fina, My Mom and I

MyLove and I

My Daughter and I
My Mom and I